2019 PLSS Forum presentations and final report now available
May 20, 2019
Presentation slides and a final report are now available for the 2019 Public Land Survey System Forum held in Darlington on April 18, 2019.
Tagged As: Parcels
Items related to cadastral/land ownership mapping and data.
Wisconsin’s Geospatial Infrastructure Gets an Upgrade
January 3, 2019
Overview of a project to integrate PLSS (Public Land Survey System) data into the statewide parcel database.
V4 statewide parcel web app and data download now available
July 31, 2018
The Version 4 Statewide Parcel Database is now available through the Parcel Web Application and Data Distribution Page.
Statewide PLSS database to be developed
February 7, 2018
The V4 Parcel Project will include the collection and aggregation of local Public Land Survey System corner data, culminating in an initial statewide PLSS database.
V4 Statewide Parcel & PLSS Project
Details about Wisconsin’s statewide parcel and PLSS project.
V3 statewide parcel web app now available
September 7, 2017
The Version 3 Statewide Parcel Database is now available through the Parcel Web Application and Data Distribution Page.
Mapping Land Ownership in Wisconsin
August 21, 2017
In the public sector, governments administer and make policy through the creation of and maintenance of land records that are associated with a parcel of land. Thus the parcel is often the basic administrative unit of local government. In Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP) has been a key source of funding facilitating ever more complete digital parcel mapping at the county level.
Statewide Parcel Data
August 1, 2017
Details on accessing Wisconsin’s statewide parcel data, via ftp, web application, or REST service.
Final Report, LinkWISCONSIN Address Point and Parcel Mapping Project
Final report of the LinkWISCONSIN Address Point and Parcel Mapping Project. This project was funded by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin with an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant awarded by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The report describes the processes used to integrate address point and parcel data from Wisconsin’s counties and municipalities to create statewide layers.
Parcelization in rural agricultural and forested landscapes in Wisconsin, 1972–2007
This study, published in the Journal of Land Use Science, examines the social, economic, geographic/biophysical, and regulatory factors underlying parcelization — the subdivision of large landholdings — in rural Wiscosnin over a period of 35 years. Results paint a unique picture of the complex interplay of historic and contemporary parcelization drivers.